Justice system is more reluctant to criminalise 10- and 11-year-olds but government refuses to raise age of criminal responsibility
No 10- or 11-year-olds have been imprisoned in England and Wales since 2010, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said, as the criminal justice system becomes ever more reluctant to criminalise primary-school-age children.
There has been a huge drop in the number of very young children cautioned or convicted in England and Wales in recent years.
